JetBlue Airways Reports November Traffic
December 12 2017 - 7:15AM
Business Wire
JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported its
preliminary traffic results for November 2017. Traffic in November
increased 2.8 percent from November 2016, on a capacity increase of
4.3 percent.
Load factor for November 2017 was 84.2 percent, a decrease of
1.2 points from November 2016. JetBlue’s preliminary completion
factor was 99.7 percent and its on-time (1) performance was 86.5
percent. JetBlue now expects fourth quarter revenue per available
seat mile (RASM) growth to range between (0.5) and 1.5 percent
compared to the fourth quarter of 2016. JetBlue now estimates a
negative impact from the recent hurricanes, notably Irma and Maria,
of approximately 50 basis points for the fourth quarter, better
than the prior estimate of one to two percentage points.
JETBLUE AIRWAYS TRAFFIC RESULTS
November 2017 November 2016 % Change
Revenue passenger miles (000) 3,743,967 3,641,649 2.8 % Available
seat miles (000) 4,447,449 4,264,682 4.3 % Load factor 84.2 % 85.4
% (1.2) pts. Revenue passengers 3,189,477 3,120,368 2.2 %
Departures 28,282 27,356 3.4 % Average stage length (miles) 1,066
1,072 (0.6 )%
Y-T-D 2017 Y-T-D 2016 %
Change Revenue passenger miles (000) 43,160,419 41,647,933 3.6
% Available seat miles (000) 51,075,634 48,897,959 4.5 % Load
factor 84.5 % 85.2 % (0.7) pts. Revenue passengers 36,607,744
34,886,121 4.9 % Departures 323,022 307,635 5.0 % Average stage
length (miles) 1,070 1,094 (2.2 )%
(1) The U.S. Department of Transportation considers on-time
arrivals to be those domestic flights arriving within 14 minutes of
schedule.
JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline®, and a leading carrier
in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles (Long Beach),
Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue carries more than 38 million
customers a year to 101 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin
America with an average of 1,000 daily flights. For more
information please visit jetblue.com.
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